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There is a new ad campaign in Ontario, Canada on TV, newspaper and Facebook featuring O gauge trains. My club www.GT3trains.com were the "train techs" for the shoot, building the track plan, decorating the set and operating the trains.

The blue Lion Chief locomotive (seen at the end of the long video) was giving us trouble so we used my trusty Marx smoking 333 which is featured in the graphics that appear in all the ads and commercials. This I'm sure is the most recent time Marx has been in the media 

UPDATE - The "making of" video is now up here --> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4LrL0sk72k

It goes by fast so.. pause it to see the track plans and scenery etc.

JohnP, Toronto

30 second commercial   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2g7BigbqAEs

Long version   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mT8oN220Vr4

An interactive ad featuring the Marx 333 

GT3 Trains You Tube Channel   https://www.youtube.com/user/g...iew=0&shelf_id=0

 

 

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Very nice commercial. I hope it does shed some light on you organization as well as O gauge trains.

Btw, how is it when I watch the D.I.Y. network and those home improvement shows do I come across multiple episodes of renovating Canadian houses and these houses stll support knob and tube wiring?�� Are you guys up North not eager to change with the times?

Gee I've  never seen a program  renovating a Canadian house  all our programs on Canadian channels are about Vermont ,  Maine and New Hampshire  houses being rewired   .......

 

With this add perhaps some will see what they can create in the extra space  and obtain start up 7sets at least      Bravo for the ad  very well done 

 

Yeah, the trains are cool and the 30-second commercial has a lot of visual energy. I had to watch it a second time to realize that the main point  of the commercial seems to be, that a new energy-efficient furnace and water heater require so much less space that you can move a wall and have more space in the next room, big enough for a bigger model train layout or whatever. Hmmm ... do a lot of Canadian houses have really big obsolete furnaces and water heaters??

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